According to the Southwark licensing register, a fresh premises licence was granted on 28 January 2015 to the incumbent landlord, Enterprise Inns. Not sure whether that is just to enhance prospects of sale or whether that means they are intending to carry on trading. I'm sure we'll see.

I'd like to hope that its prices are reasonable so that those living in the council and ex-council homes right next to it are able to afford a drink there. I'm all for the breweries and markets under the arches but they aren't particularly inclusive given their prices.

Sounds great - where did you hear that?
I'd like to hope that its prices are reasonable so that those living in the council and ex-council homes right next to it are able to afford a drink there. I'm all for the breweries and markets under the arches but they aren't particularly inclusive given their prices.

It's being run as a business, so I'd expect them to run it however they see fit to make a profit. Currently with it being closed (presumably because it was not being run profitably), nobody is able to drink there whether they are council tenants or otherwise.

Sounds great - where did you hear that?
I'd like to hope that its prices are reasonable so that those living in the council and ex-council homes right next to it are able to afford a drink there. I'm all for the breweries and markets under the arches but they aren't particularly inclusive given their prices.

Can you please elaborate on what you consider to be an inclusive price for a pint of beer. If a pint is 3.85 then that's ok, an honest egalitarian price for all, but if it's 4.20 it's an exclusionary, snobby, ethnic cleansing price?